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Post by Whosinmidfield on Mar 31, 2022 22:24:26 GMT
Dungannon Clarkes attacker Paul Donaghy has become the latest player to exit the Tyrone squad Ronan O’Neill, Mark Bradley, Lee Brennan, Tiernan McCann, Hugh Pat McGeary and Michael O’Neill had all previously departed Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher’s squad. I thought Michael oNeill was good v Kerry last year. And it was Tiernan McCann that was wresting with JB for that high ball that led to the 3rd goal. There must be something up in the camp all the same Michael O’Neill is still involved. Something that I find strange is Conor McKenna didn’t even come off the bench in Killarney. While he got the goals last year, his all round performances weren’t brilliant. When he first came back from Oz he was playing phenomenal stuff under Mickey Harte (granted it was only 3 games), top 5 footballers in the country level. Him firing at 11 would be an absolutely huge addition to Tyrone but like McShane the form just isn’t there for some reason. |
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Post by tyroneperson on Apr 1, 2022 7:55:21 GMT
Tyrone are masters of game management in close encounters. It's highly effective, even if it won't gain them any friends or win them any fair play awards. But they won't care. It's win at all costs. They are the most despised county in Ulster, thats coming from people from many other counties up there, They are workmanlike, terrific unit for the cause. But they are overrated in many ways I feel. They are a one trick pony, slbeit, an excellent one. They won't win high scoring games, as they only really know to play one way. They'll win no All-Ireland this year, as they are consistently inconsistent, they are incapable of doing back to back. They remind me of and an excellent guerrilla warfare side, but are useless in open warfare, high battle, high ammunition warfare. I really respected their noughties team. Last year's All-Ireland won by themselves in the final against a very disappointing Mayo, again was won fairly. Still Tyrone, the 2021 All-Ireland Championship winner's will go down as the weakest winners since Cork 2010, in a poor final v Down. Most people tend to agree with that summarisation. That's my personal overall view anyway. Tyrone scored 3-14 against yourselves in last year’s semi-final, 2-15 against Mayo in the final and 1-15 against yourselves at the weekend so I think we’re more potent in attack than you give us credit for. I would also argue that it’s a big reason why Tyrone won the All-Ireland last year after repeatedly falling short in the latter years of Mickey Harte’s tenure, when we couldn’t buy a goal in Croke Park. |
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Apr 1, 2022 9:08:27 GMT
I thought Michael oNeill was good v Kerry last year. And it was Tiernan McCann that was wresting with JB for that high ball that led to the 3rd goal. There must be something up in the camp all the same Michael O’Neill is still involved. Something that I find strange is Conor McKenna didn’t even come off the bench in Killarney. While he got the goals last year, his all round performances weren’t brilliant. When he first came back from Oz he was playing phenomenal stuff under Mickey Harte (granted it was only 3 games), top 5 footballers in the country level. Him firing at 11 would be an absolutely huge addition to Tyrone but like McShane the form just isn’t there for some reason. It's hard to know who's involved by now. One thing you can say about the new Tyrone is that they have classy forwards. Keep McKenna quiet and McShane stands up, keep McShane and McCurry takes over, and so on. That said though there is something wrong if there are constant rumours of lads stepping away from the panel. Maybe it's just mind games and they are all still training away with them but kept in reserve. |
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Post by tyroneperson on Apr 1, 2022 9:29:29 GMT
Michael O’Neill is still involved. Something that I find strange is Conor McKenna didn’t even come off the bench in Killarney. While he got the goals last year, his all round performances weren’t brilliant. When he first came back from Oz he was playing phenomenal stuff under Mickey Harte (granted it was only 3 games), top 5 footballers in the country level. Him firing at 11 would be an absolutely huge addition to Tyrone but like McShane the form just isn’t there for some reason. It's hard to know who's involved by now. One thing you can say about the new Tyrone is that they have classy forwards. Keep McKenna quiet and McShane stands up, keep McShane and McCurry takes over, and so on. That said though there is something wrong if there are constant rumours of lads stepping away from the panel. Maybe it's just mind games and they are all still training away with them but kept in reserve. It’s not mind games, a few of the lads have done interviews explaining why they’ve gone. Two of them are getting married and also lack of game time has been big issue - Ronan O’Neill said he couldn’t go through it again. As a Tyrone fan it’s a pity so many have left |
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Apr 1, 2022 9:33:39 GMT
It's hard to know who's involved by now. One thing you can say about the new Tyrone is that they have classy forwards. Keep McKenna quiet and McShane stands up, keep McShane and McCurry takes over, and so on. That said though there is something wrong if there are constant rumours of lads stepping away from the panel. Maybe it's just mind games and they are all still training away with them but kept in reserve. It’s not mind games, a few of the lads have done interviews explaining why they’ve gone - two of them are getting married and also lack of game time has been big issue - Ronan O’Neill said he couldn’t go through it again. As a Tyrone fan it’s a pity so many have left To be honest, the majority of those that stepped away would find it hard to find a spot on the panel anyway, so perhaps they made the right choice. Intercounty football is a huge commitment and if you're giving up your life without knowing whether you will ever get time of the bench.... I'm assuming Logan and Dooher will have been quite honest to them. Logan strikes me as the kind of guy that would tell them honestly: you might come on as a sub every now and then, but I don't see you as a starter. |
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